Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a vampire; pertaining to vampires or the belief in them: as, vampiric habits, literature, or superstition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective horror Having the traits of a
vampire .
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Examples
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Unlike his tag-team partner in vampiric crime, SCOTT SNYDER does not strike a pose that embodies the macabre.
The 'Riffs Interview: 'American Vampire's' SCOTT SNYDER on vampires, Vertigo & collaborator Stephen King Michael Cavna 2010
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“But it’s an epidemic unlike I believe the stuff that is [big] in vampiric fiction.”
Guillermo Del Toro Unveils Plots For His ‘Epic’ Vampire Novels » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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And it's instructive that when people describe the Borg or the Cybermen, and their tendencies to consume populations, making people be like them, their methods are described as vampiric, rather than zomberific.
"BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader James Bow 2010
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VELEZ-MITCHELL: And perhaps acting out some kind of vampiric fantasy.
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I have read some of Sukia´s books in spanish a few years back, she is indeed a vampire but she does not much of "vampiric" things...
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While I see your point, I think creating a world where sexuality exists (or stand-in sexuality, such as vampiric biting) but the female character will never have it isn't necessarily a bad kind of escapist female fantasy, particularly for a young audience.
FlickFilosopher.com 2009
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Take Marianne Faithfull, indomitable at 62, railing against the 'vampiric' Kate Moss for stealing her signature style, and currently on a world tour to promote her new album.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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This film is very sexual, but it’s not the kind of vampiric sexuality we get from something like True Blood.
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Other energy-workers are also welcome, so long as you have no problem with the vampiric side of energy work.
Boing Boing 2009
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Slaine was a vampiric demon, a made immortal creature.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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